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Z A H L E N , FA K T E N & S TAT EM E N T S
Das sagen die
ExpertInnen
FAKTEN & AKTUELLE ENTWICKLUNGEN ZUR RELEVANZ
VON LEBENSMITTELABFALL
„Lebensmittelabfälle zu verringern,
bedeutet in einem sehr komplexen
System an Stellschrauben zu dre-
hen. Gesetzte Maßnahmen in ihren
Auswirkungen genau zu erfassen,
ist daher sehr wichtig, um mögliche
negative Folgen zu erkennen und zu
verhindern.
Akteure tragen durch ihre Kooperations
bereitschaft und sachbezogene Diskussion
dazu bei, nachhaltige Lösungen gemein
sam zu erarbeiten.
Politische Entscheidungsträger
müssen dabei für Rahmenbedingun-
gen sorgen, die Anreize schaffen und
Innovation ermöglichen.“
Dr. Felicitas Schneider
in
Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut zu
Lebensmittelabfallvermeidung
„Action on food waste to date has been left to voluntary commitments by
food businesses, which have yielded slow and untransparent action and
almost entirely side-lined food wasted on farms where the majority of supply
chain food waste occurs – with the highest on-farm waste
occurring in industrialised wealthier countries. Currently,
retailer policies generate waste in their suppliers and custo -
mers. To avert climate crisis, we urgently need to accelerate
progress by implementing regulations – like mandatory food
waste reporting for businesses over a certain size, legally
binding food waste reduction targets, funding to generate
farm-level food waste baseline data, contracts based on
hectarage, date labelling reforms, increased taxes or bans
on food waste to landfill and incineration, banning of exces -
sive cosmetic standards, and strengthened unfair trading
practices legislation.
Martin Bowman
Senior Policy and Campaigns Manager at Feedback
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